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WNY is teeming with plant exchanges & sales

by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s time to fill up your garden with plants! Nonprofit groups are holding sales and plant exchanges throughout Western New York. Many of the nonprofit groups sell extra plants that members dig out out of their own gardens. If these gardeners had extra plants to share, it’s a good sign the plants are easy to maintain! Do you know of a plant sale or plant exchange that we haven’t listed here? Please share the details in…...

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Apr 28, 2026
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A hundred varieties of plants at Mischler’s 79-cent perennial sale

by Connie Oswald Stofko There’s something for everybody at the 79-cent perennial sale at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses. Here are just three of the interesting plants that will be in the sale: A little more than a hundred varieties of perennials will be offered in the sale. See the entire list of the plants on sale here. The plants are sold only in packs of four plants at $3.16 per pack. Get a flat for $37.92 (12 packs per flat)…....

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Apr 28, 2026
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A new chapter for Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com

by Lauren Newkirk Maynard Next month, Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com will change hands when Connie Oswald Stofko, publisher, steps into retirement after 16 remarkable years at the helm.  To make sure you continue to get great gardening information for Western New York, I’m happy to share that Gardens Buffalo Niagara (GBN) is stepping in to continue the magazine. GBN is the non-profit that brings you Garden Walk Buffalo, East Side Garden Walk, Open Gardens, the Garden Art Sale (and a lot more). I’m…

Apr 21, 2026
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Watch your email: Maybe you’re a winner

by Connie Oswald Stofko I still need the third winner in the prize drawing worth almost $500! Could it be you? I haven’t heard from the recent person who was picked, and if I don’t hear from that person on Wednesday, I will have to pick another winner. It could be you, so make sure you look at your email! This year’s package of prizes Our prizes come from our wonderful sponsors. If you are one of the three lucky…...

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Apr 21, 2026
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Look for ways to help on Arbor Day & Earth Day in WNY

Two environmental holidays are coming up next week: Earth Day is on Wednesday, April 22 and Arbor Day is on Friday, April 24. There are a lot of ways to celebrate and help our communities. Take a look at the events listed here. What events have we missed? What do you do to help the environment? Please leave a comment below. Earth Day on the East Side Community Clean-Up Earth Day on the East Side: Community Clean-Up will take place from 9…...

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Apr 14, 2026
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Growing veggies in containers, plus more tips in ‘Gardening Matters’

You don’t need a plot of 40 acres in order to grow food; there’s an increasing number of vegetable varieties that can be grown in containers. Find out more in “This Month in the Garden,” one of the articles in this edition of Gardening Matters, the publication of Master Gardeners in Cornell Cooperative Extension in Erie County. Some of the benefits of gardening in a container are: See more about gardening in containers and other gardening tips in “This Month…...

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Apr 14, 2026
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TUESDAY, APRIL 14 was the last day to enter prize drawing

There are just a few hours left to subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com and have a chance to win a prize package worth nearly $500! You must be subscribed at Level 2 or 3. Sign up now! Then watch your email. If you are chosen as a winner, you will be notified via email by Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com. If we don’t hear from you by 7 p.m. Friday, April 17, we will choose another winner! There will be three winners for the prize packages–each winner will…

Apr 14, 2026
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Get a free workbook online from Orleans County MG, plus more tips

Growing seeds indoors can be complicated. That’s why you should see the great information on the page “From Seed to Seedling: What Every Indoor Grower Should Know,” published by the Master Gardeners in Orleans County. For example, you should build a custom planting schedule based on your own location. That means knowing your average last frost date, factoring in how long each variety needs to grow indoors before transplanting, and leaving time for hardening off. It also means considering your…...

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Apr 7, 2026
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Share your garden on East Side GW or Garden Walk Buffalo by May 15

Do you live in the neighborhood of the East Side Garden Walk or Garden Walk Buffalo? Share your landscape with other gardeners! Your garden doesn’t need to be perfect; nobody’s is! And it’s easy to share your garden. There are no entry fees, no fancy rules, no site visits or judging. Garden Walk Buffalo America’s largest garden tour will be celebrating its 32nd year, and you can be part of it. To share your garden, you need to be in…...

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Apr 7, 2026
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